Forgotten Gods Mod Journal (forgotten_mods) wrote in forgotten_ooc, @ 2010-05-11 20:59:00 |
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Hello again! I apologise for spamming everybody's flists, but I feel that this is something that ought to be addressed.
Communication. It's always key in RP, particularly in a game of this size. Every character interaction is an act of collaboration, and it's important that players be able to work with each other and have a say with regard to their character's level of involvement in any given plot. Unfortunately, we've been seeing a number of incidents where this just hasn't been happening, and some people have been left feeling annoyed or slighted.
Please remember that if you intend to apply for a character who has specific history with others already in the game -- particularly if you are interested in making this a plot point -- you have a responsibility to contact and work with the players of those other characters, just as you would if you were apping a character with existing in-game history. While some people might be okay with winging it, if the character you're looking at has a lot of history with somebody else's (for instance, say, a husband/wife) it's courteous to at least drop an email or an IM to make sure you're on the same page, find out if they have any ideas or preferences on the subject and so on.
I'm certain that none of these incidents have been malicious. I'm inclined to think it's more a case of people not realising -- it just doesn't seem to have occurred to them that they ought to be discussing these things with the other players involved. I can understand that, and I'm not trying to tell anybody off. But next time you go to app a character, just have a think before you click send: Is this character's history tied to anybody else's? Is their arrival going to affect anybody in a notable way? And if the answer is yes, just take a little bit of time out to contact the relevant player/s. It won't take long, and you might even get some new ideas for plot out of it. :]
And to anybody who feels as though they've been overlooked when they should have been consulted, remember that communication is a two-way street. I know this is probably obvious to most of you, but if a player has failed to consult you over a plot point in which you feel you should have had a say, do take the initiative and contact them yourself. As I said, in most cases it is nothing more than an innocent mistake, and can usually resolved with a little discussion.
And really, why let something so easily fixed get in the way of your enjoyment of the game?